MESA, Arizona -- May 22, 2019 – Mesa Community College and GateWay Community College Children’s Learning Centers are recipients of the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) grant. The grant provides $58,368 a year for four years to support student parents attending college at each location. MCC and GWCC join two additional Arizona colleges -- Arizona State University and…
MESA, Arizona – May 16, 2019 – Mesa Community College students have built their first custom-branded electric guitar for a corporate client.Space Age Auto Paint Store in Mesa receives the first MCC-produced, custom-branded guitar, handcrafted by MCC students Jason Shepard of Prescott Valley and Veryl Law of Mesa with assistance from Palmerino Mazzucco, MCC faculty instructor for the guitar build…
MESA, Arizona – May 14, 2019 – Mesa Community College faculty member, Dr. Andrew Baldwin, has discovered a non-native to Arizona species of salamander near the Tonto Creek State Fish Hatchery in Payson.Baldwin’s findings were published in the Herpetological Review in March 2019 by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, of which he is a longtime member.Ensatina eschscholtzii…
MESA, Arizona – May 6, 2019 -- Having a high-quality teacher at the front of the classroom is the single most critical factor today in student success. Not only does Mesa Community College prepare future teachers, it provides options for practicing educators to maintain their teaching credentials. Both preschool teachers and K-12 public educators are expected to demonstrate they are up-to-date…
MESA, Arizona – May 6, 2019 -- Mesa Community College (MCC) recognizes the accomplishments of 2,482 graduates who collectively earned more than 4,660 degrees and certificates during the 2018-19 academic year. Many are being conferred during a commencement ceremony at 7:15 p.m., Friday, May 10, in the courtyard of the Southern and Dobson Campus, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa. The public is…
MESA, Arizona – May 2, 2019 – Mesa Community College English professor Eddie Webb is the 2019 Mesa Chamber of Commerce Professor of the Year. He was recognized at a Mesa Chamber of Commerce awards ceremony April 18 honoring business excellence and leadership in the community.An MCC faculty member for 20 years, Webb was nominated by his students for his progressive work as an educator and…
MESA, Arizona – May 2, 2019 -- The new Nurse Assisting Program training site at MCC Red Mountain was recently evaluated and approved by the Arizona State Board of Nursing. Mesa Community College is offering its Nurse Assisting Program as an eight-week course and is moving the program’s education facility from its Southern and Dobson Campus to its MCC Red Mountain Campus. A new, 1,646-square-…
MESA, Arizona – April 26, 2019 -- Mesa Community College partners with The Boeing Company to identify and train future electrical cable harness wirers. Registration is open now for summer Cable Harness Wiring Boot Camps. The accelerated two-week [eight-day], three-credit hour college course, includes taking the industry certification exam IPC/WHAM-A-620 [Requirements and Acceptance for Cable…
MESA, Arizona – April 24, 2019 – Ivan Quintana, a Mesa Community College (MCC) student and 2019 class honors speaker, is selected as a 2019 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholar. He is one of 61 recipients nationally to receive this highly competitive scholarship, providing up to $40,000 annually for a maximum of three years to complete a bachelor’s degree. Quintana, who is…
MESA, Arizona – April 23, 2019 –The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) offered Mesa Community College student Jenna Connolly not one, but two internships this summer. She accepted one of the internships, which will take her to NASA’s Langley Flight Center in Virginia to work on website redesign. “I am looking forward to meeting my team and starting the internship,”…
MESA, Arizona – April 23, 2019 -- The public is invited to attend Artists of Promise (AOP), a free annual gala and exhibition honoring the Chancellor Award Winners of Maricopa Community Colleges' student competitions in creative writing, dance/choreography, fashion design, film/media arts, music composition, music instrumental, music vocal, theater design, theater performance and visual arts.The…
MESA, Arizona – April 23, 2019 – Mesa Community College offers a new Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) Z Degree, providing an opportunity for students to earn an associate’s degree without ever having to step foot inside a classroom or purchase a textbook.The MCC Z Degree, or zero textbook cost degree, embraces online education and provides a lower-cost alternative to MCC students.…
Showcases Nike N7 uniforms, supporting Native American Athletes MESA, Arizona – April 12, 2019 – The Mesa Community College softball team will showcase Nike N7 uniforms during its inaugural American Indian Recognition Softball Games on April 20 against the South Mountain Community College Cougars at the John D. Riggs field (1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa). The N7 uniforms sport…
MESA, Arizona – April 5, 2019 – Mesa Community College professor Amelia Rodriguez received a 2019 Maricopa Community Colleges Diversity Advisory Council Award of Excellence. She was celebrated for her efforts in supporting diversity, equity, inclusion and engagement efforts during a celebration March 29 at Phoenix College. According to the nomination, Professor Rodriguez “created the opportunity…
Three students earn scholarships for academic achievementsMESA, Arizona – April 4, 2019 – Three Mesa Community College students, Zachary Zapata, Victoria Johnson and Racheal Mangini, have been named 2019 Coca-Cola Academic Team Scholars in addition to being selected as All-Arizona First Academic Team scholars.Zapata, a Silver Team Scholar, receives a $1,250 scholarship. He…
Christopher Hunt receives three prestigious scholarships for outstanding academic achievementsMESA, Arizona – April 4, 2019 – Mesa Community College student Christopher Hunt (Mesa), a 2019 All-Arizona Academic First Team scholar, receives three additional prestigious scholarships to aid in the attainment of his educational goals.As one of only 20 in the country to be named a 2019 All-…
MESA, Arizona -- April 1, 2019 -- The Mesa Community College Theatre & Film Arts Department and Music Department competed in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region 8 Festival 51, hosted by the Millennium Biltmore Hotel and the Los Angeles Theatre Center on February 12-16. The regional annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festivals…
MESA, Arizona – April 1, 2018 – Mesa Community College life science professor Nicola Plowes is co-author of a research article, "Odometry and backtracking: social and individual navigation in group foraging desert harvester ants (Veromessor pergandei)," appearing in Animal Cognition, an interdisciplinary journal publishing current research from various backgrounds and disciplines. The…
MESA, Arizona – March 26, 2019 – Liz Allen, a Mesa Community College adjunct faculty member, was recently named Chair of the Board for the Society for Photographic Education. Allen has taught photography at MCC, GCC and CGCC during her more than 20 years as contingent faculty. Allen has been a Society for Photographic Education (SPE) member since 2001 and served as the chair of the SPE’s…
MESA, Arizona – March 26, 2019– Mesa Community College is pleased to announce it has been designated a Voter Friendly Campus by the national nonpartisan organizations Fair Election Center’s Campus Vote Project and NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. MCC participated in an initiative which held participating institutions accountable for planning and implementing…
MESA, Arizona – March 26, 2019 -- Mesa Community College (MCC) hosts events supporting college access and completion opportunities while presenting inspiring examples of success for African-American youth in celebration of Black History Month. Approximately 400 ninth- through 12th-grade students from Mesa and Tempe high schools are introduced to personal accounts of paths to success by members of…
MESA, Arizona – March 21, 2019 – Sunland Village East at Sossaman and Baseline roads in Mesa held an Empty Bowls event and raised $780 for Paz de Cristo Community Center. More than 300 bowls for this event were provided by Mesa Community College. These original works of art were made by MCC, the Mesa Art Center and Dobson High School students as well as local ceramics clubs. “We’ve assisted Paz…
MESA, Arizona – March 18, 2019 – The artwork of Mesa Community College art students Cheryl Berech (Tempe), and Rachael Lyn (Mesa), is featured in Shemer Art Center’s Mini Masterpieces exhibition, which runs through March 21 at 5005 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix. Described as “A juried exhibition of works by Arizona artists that are small in size, yet large in terms of skill, concept and…
MESA, Arizona – March 7, 2019 – Mesa Community College students conceptualized the development of RISE, an iOS app connecting people with sources for nominally priced food, shelter and healthcare. Conceived as a class project, the resource locator is now available in the Apple App Store.“We know many of our students struggle not only to maintain their studies but to strike a work…
MESA, Arizona – March 1, 2019 – Mesa Community College Veterinary Technology Program partners with Midwestern University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), allowing MCC Veterinary Technology Program students opportunities to participate in bovine and necropsy skills labs and gain valuable learning experiences participating in small and large animal internships at CVM’s Animal Health Institute…